Forchheim Castle
The castle in Forchheim (german: Burg in Forchheim), also referred to as a royal palace or ''Kaiserpfalz'', was an important urban castle under the Archbishopric of Bamberg, bishops of Bamberg in the town of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. The castle was built in the late 14th century. After comprehensive archaeological and architectural-historical investigation it has become one of the best researched castles of this period in Central Europe. Today it houses the Archaeological Museum of Upper Franconia. The oldest part of the castle is in the west wing where the cabinet (room), cabinet (''Kemenate'') of the ''Schultheiß'' has survived, a room which was built onto the old town wall in 1339. Site of the early medieval ''Kaiserpfalz''? From the 9th to the early 11th centuries there was a Franks, Frankish royal court (''Königshof'') and a palace (''Pfalz'') in Forchheim (see the Forchheim#History, history of Forchheim). Its exact location is, however, not known. ...
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Burgstall
A ''burgstall'' is a German term referring to a castle of which so little is left that its appearance cannot effectively be reconstructed.''Burgstall''
in the ''Adelung'' at lexika.digitale-sammlungen.de It has no direct equivalent in English, but may be loosely translated as "castle site". Variations in the literature include ''Burgstelle'', ''Altburgstelle'', ''die Burgställe'' (plural), ''Burgstähl'' (archaic) or ''abgegangene Burg'' ("lost castle"). In German castle studies, a ''burgstall'' is a castle that has effectively been levelled, whereas a "ruin" (''Ruine'') still has recognisable remnants of the original castle above the level of the ground.

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The word ''burgstall'' is of medieval origin and comes from ''Burg'' = "castle" and ''Stelle'' = "plac ...
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